When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy

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"When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy" is a melancholic, reflective song sung by the clown Feste at the end of Shakespeare’s comedy *Twelfth Night*, often interpreted as a commentary on the play’s themes of folly, time, and human experience.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsIn Twelfth Night ⓘ
associatedCharacter Feste ⓘ
associatedGenre Shakespearean comedy ⓘ
associatedWorkAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
audienceEffect bittersweet reflection at the end of a comedy ⓘ
author William Shakespeare ⓘ
characterPerformer Feste ⓘ
culturalContext early modern English theatre ⓘ
dramaticFunction closure to the action of Twelfth Night ⓘ
epilogue-like commentary ⓘ
firstLine When that I was and a little tiny boy ⓘ
form lyric ⓘ
genre dramatic song ⓘ
melancholic song ⓘ
song ⓘ
hasCharacterPerspective fool’s perspective on life ⓘ
interpretation commentary on the persistence of folly through life stages ⓘ
reflection on the gap between comedy and real life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
medium song performance ⓘ
text ⓘ
meter irregular ⓘ
partOf Twelfth Night ⓘ
performedAs song in stage productions of Twelfth Night ⓘ
positionInWork final song of the play Twelfth Night ⓘ
recurringImage rain ⓘ
recurringMotive endurance through adversity ⓘ
refrain For the rain it raineth every day ⓘ
rhymeScheme stanzaic rhyme ⓘ
settingInWork sung at the end of Twelfth Night ⓘ
sungBy Feste ⓘ
theme folly ⓘ
human experience ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
resignation ⓘ
the constancy of human folly ⓘ
the hardships of life ⓘ
the passage of time ⓘ
time ⓘ
tone melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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Twelfth Night → famousSong → When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy ⓘ
When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy → firstLine → When that I was and a little tiny boy ⓘ
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